Ironing-table.



' No. 696,625. Pafemd,Ap.-. l, |902. E. s. cHuncHMAN.

IRONING TABLE.

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DVVARD S. CHUROHIWIAN, OF COLUMBUS, OI-IIO.

lRONlNG-TBLE srncrrroAr/ron' forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,625, dated April 1, 1902.

` Application led September 12,1901. Serial No. 75,123. (No model.)

To a/ZZ w/wm it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. CHURCH- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ironing-Tables, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the improvement of ironing-tables5 and the objects of my invention are to provide an improved construction of ironing-table whereby the front legs may be detachably connected with the top or ironing board and whereby the remaining legs or supports may be folded when not in use against the ironingboard, to provide in combination therewith an improved sliding ironholder, and to produce other improvements, the details of construction of which will be more fully pointed out hereinafter. These objects I accomplish in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of my improved ironing-table. Fig. 2 is an under side View, and Fig. 3 is a plan view.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In carrying out my invention I employ an ironing-board or ironing-table top l, which has its outer or forward end portion tapering, as shown. The rear support ofthe table-top or board consists of a bar 2, arranged transversely beneath the board l and hinged, as indicated at 3, to the under side of said board, said bar 2 having secured thereto andextending therefrom supporting-legsd. The for! ward support for the board or table-top consists of a transverse bar 5, which is adapted to be removably inserted between two transverse parallel fixed cleats 6, said bar 5 having extending downward therefrom forwardly and rearwardly inclined supporting-legs 7 The rear side of the bar 5 is connected with the underside of the board l through the medium of a detachable latch wire or link 9, the ends of which are hooked, respectively, into `eyes lO on the rear side of the bar 5 and under side of the board l. The forward leg 7 and the under side of the board l in front of the cleats 6 are also provided with eyes or staples 10, which are connected by a detachablo latch wire or link Qn.

On the under side of the board 1. and in rear of the rear support-bar 2 I provide a guide-frame, which comprises short longitudinally-arranged and parallel cleats 11, connected on their under sides by transverse plates l2. Between these side cleats 1l and between the under side of the ironing-board and the plates 12 are arranged to slide the parallel forwardly-extending arms 13 of an iron-supporting block 14, which is likewise adapted to slide between said plates and board. As indicated in the drawings, the inner or forward ends of the iron-block arms 13 are adapted to extend over the under side of the rear support-bar 2, thereby preventing the latter, when the legs t are in their downwardly-extending positions,from turning. In the iigures of the drawings I have shown the iron-supporting block drawn outward in po sition to support an iron upon its upper side, although it is obvious that the same may be pushed inward within its guide-frame until its plate-like head le is in contact with the end of the ironing-board. When the board is not in use, it will be understood that the latch-wires 9 and 9 may be disengaged from the eyes or staples 10 and l0 and the forward support readily removed from connection with the board. It will also be seen that by pulling the ironing-block outward until its arms 13 are temporarily out of contact with the under side of the bar 2 said bar and its legs may be turned upward against the under side of the board l, afterwhich the arms 13 of the iron-block may be again forced inward in their guideway until they project over the bar 2, in which position they will serve to hold said support in it-s folded or upper position.

From this construction it will be seen that a convenient and simple construction of knockdown ironing-table is provided which will facilitate the disposal of the same when not in use and likewise permit the same to be converted into a compact form for shipping.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In an ironing-table, the combination with a table top or board l and a forward support therefor, of a rear support comprising a trans IOC verse bar hinged directly to said table-top swinging on its hinges, substantially as specie and legs projecting from said bar, a, guidefied. frame 0n the under side of the board in rear EDWARD S. CHURCHMAN. 0f said bar 2, a sliding iron-supporting block 5 14 having arms 13 lnovably supported in said In presence ofguide-frame, said arms adapted to extend be- C. C. SHEPHERD, Heath the bar 2, and lock said bar against l A. L. PHELPS. 

